adjective

ēpios

Greekἤπιος (ēpios)

Strong’sG2261

placid, gentle

stem ēpi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

babes1×kind1×

What it means

* ἤπιος, -α, -ον,

mild, gentle: I Th 2:7 (WH, R, mg., νήπιος); seq. πρός, II Ti 2:24.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2261 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiday'-pee-os

properly, affable, i.e. mild or kind

Fromprobably from G2031;

King Jamesgentle.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	ēpios	ēpias	ēpiem	ēpiois1×ἤπιοι	ēpiais	ēpieim
object accusative	ēpion1×ἤπιον	ēpian		ēpioin	ēpiain
direct address vocative	ēpior	ēpiar		ēpioir	ēpiair
of, belonging to genitive	ēpiou	ēpiau	ēpieu	ēpioiu	ēpiaiu	ēpieiu
to, for dative	ēpio	ēpia	ēpie	ēpioi	ēpiai	ēpiei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ēpistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ēpi is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

ēpion“kind”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Timothy 2:24“kind”doulon de kuriou ouk datō macherō, alla ēpion arō pros pantoin, didaktikon, anexikakon,And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

ēpiois“babes”subjectnominative plural1×

1 Thessalonians 2:7“babes”dunerōtois en bare arō hōs Christou apostolois; alla ginina ēpiois en mese vu, hōs ean trofas thalpateiō teim heautau tekneim;On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.